Laser Printer Problem

I have a Brother HL-1230 Laser printer. Lately my printed material has a very dirty appearance to it. The background is just terrible. However the actual

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I have a Brother HL-1230 Laser printer. Lately my printed material has a
very dirty appearance to it. The background is just terrible. However the
actual printed characters are very black in color, not faded at all.

Firstly the Brother Service Center suggested I clean the corona wire which I
did with no appreciable improvement in my printed output. Now they are
saying since I have put through the normal number of printed pages for this
cartridge, I should change it out. I don't doubt I need a new cartridge.

Does anyone know how replacing a toner cartridge can clean up the
background? Maybe I should get my printer cleaned before I get the new
cartridge. Comments.

If you mean the paper looks dirty, try a cleaner sheet. Removes toner, dirt and dust from the paper path to improve print quality. www.fellowes.com/ I ve

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If you mean the paper looks dirty, try a cleaner sheet. "Removes toner, dirt
and dust from the paper path to improve print quality."
www.fellowes.com/
I've still got a few sheets in a package opened Aug 1996. Switched to full
time color ink jet printers in 1997.

Seems to me that turning pages to print on the back was a problem along with
heat that curled the pages. No experience with recent laser printers. --
Elizabeth

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Crowle"
> I have a Brother HL-1230 Laser printer. Lately my printed material has a
> very dirty appearance to it. The background is just terrible. However
the
> actual printed characters are very black in color, not faded at all.

... the ... I believe the Brother has a separate drum. These usually need replacing about every fourth or fifth toner cartridge. Some printers (HP, Samsung)

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> I have a Brother HL-1230 Laser printer. Lately my printed material has a
> very dirty appearance to it. The background is just terrible. However

the

> actual printed characters are very black in color, not faded at all.

> Does anyone know how replacing a toner cartridge can clean up the
> background? Maybe I should get my printer cleaned before I get the new
> cartridge. Comments.

I believe the Brother has a separate drum. These usually need replacing
about every fourth or fifth toner cartridge. Some printers (HP, Samsung)
combine the drum with the toner which supposedly keeps the background clean
but it raises the toner cartridge price considerably. I'd suggest you ask
Brother about the drum.